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![Design, Table beton graffiti, Miko-R](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/460483_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Us, Aurélien Mole](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529619_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Born in 1988 Blush, En Iwamura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1765749_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Movement, Gergana Stoyanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553019_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Poltrona Fiore Verde Tessuto, Anacleto Spazzapan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/961965_1_grid.jpg)
Poltrona Fiore Verde Tessuto
Anacleto Spazzapan
Design - 80 x 93 x 45 cm Design - 31.5 x 36.6 x 17.7 inch
$3,463
![Design, Filet à l'anglaise, Madame](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1026387_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Dear Ugly Future, Volkan Aslan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/973329_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ze tabouret, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479321_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, 527 Pixels, Gaëlle Wagner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1134810_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Couleurs - 9 Tapisseries, Mireille Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1250130_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs - 9 Tapisseries
Mireille Guérin
Design - 90 x 90 x 8 cm Design - 35.4 x 35.4 x 3.1 inch
$5,425
![Design, Spilt Rocker, Jeff Koons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902579_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Dog Save the Queen, Dface](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2113506_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Totems, Thalia Dalecky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153194_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Getting at the Heart of the Matter, Alex Hodge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102859_1_grid.jpg)
Getting at the Heart of the Matter
Alex Hodge
Design - 22.9 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm Design - 9 x 8.5 x 0.25 inch
$400
![Design, Soleil d'or, Agnès Tiollier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1912443_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Legold, Santicri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468563_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Homer Lamp, Hélène Labadie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529625_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Entropê, Dominique Blais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/284026_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, MrD, Clémentine Chambon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151298_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Round S, Jhon Hansen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/881187_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, III, Luca Izzo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/483529_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Bataille, Robert Combas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1968822_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ocean Bubbles, Mixed Media on Canvas, Alexandra Romano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859109_1_grid.jpg)
Ocean Bubbles, Mixed Media on Canvas
Alexandra Romano
Design - 25.4 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm Design - 10 x 8 x 1.5 inch
$309
![Design, Omega - Table de salle à manger, Sa Company](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1487247_1_grid.jpg)
Omega - Table de salle à manger
Sa Company
Design - 77 x 140 x 140 cm Design - 30.3 x 55.1 x 55.1 inch
$5,194
![Design, Brodlim x Julien Raynaud, Julien Raynaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131339_1_grid.jpg)
Brodlim x Julien Raynaud
Julien Raynaud
Design - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Design - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,297
![Design, Machina & Manus - chaise longue, Guto Indio Da Costa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482483_1_grid.jpg)
Machina & Manus - chaise longue
Guto Indio Da Costa
Design - 67 x 53 x 215 cm Design - 26.4 x 20.9 x 84.6 inch
$19,623
![Design, L'Orchidée, Zao Wou-Ki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188369_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, 5 assiettes en porcelaine « Les diners de Gala », Salvador Dali](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146493_1_grid.jpg)
5 assiettes en porcelaine « Les diners de Gala »
Salvador Dali
Design - 28 x 31 x 1 cm Design - 11 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,886
![Design, Ronds dans l'eau (1), Seth](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182815_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Chromarama I, Laura Luchtman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1976730_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Banc N°I, VanBinh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1623459_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Poblek, Isabelle Daëron](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507395_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Îlot 2, Grégoire Lavigne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/914955_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Globe 30, Guillaume Roche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/445962_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Broken line 2, Goddog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146701_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Lady, Anastasia Kurakina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/691254_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Scupture en bronze, Donald Laborie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/61554_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, I Hope..., Chiharu Shiota](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1630896_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Empreintes, César Baldaccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479540_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Futura, Futura 2000](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174875_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Essentialism 5, Lesia Danilina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1781985_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Free South Africa (after Keith Haring), Keith Haring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725546_1_grid.jpg)
Free South Africa (after Keith Haring)
Keith Haring
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$635
![Design, Radius, Olivier Moravik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/331219_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Melt Side Table, Marble Balloon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479618_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, L'oeil fleuri, Nelly Marez-Darley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162345_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Dichrochorius, Laurent Lamarche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/198271_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Ramie 190), Pablo Picasso](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/456790_1_grid.jpg)
Vase avec Decoration Pastel (Ramie 190)
Pablo Picasso
Design - 32 x 22 x 16 cm Design - 12.6 x 8.7 x 6.3 inch
$34,000
![Design, We All Make the Flowers Grow III (White), Josh Sperling](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515801_1_grid.jpg)
We All Make the Flowers Grow III (White)
Josh Sperling
Design - 35 x 42 x 8.9 cm Design - 13.8 x 16.5 x 3.5 inch
$2,698
![Design, Once in my life, Javier Calleja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991808_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Lampe UNE, Arnaud Pohl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1611150_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Beyond borders, Maria Esmar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1685313_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Facettes, Mpcem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1013160_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Aqua Fossil Chandelier III, Amarist](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952796_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Monochrome IKB, Yves Klein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1487337_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Élan Vital, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218842_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Vase fonds profonds, Yannick Le Bloas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134060_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Imagine, Audrey Faivre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156214_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Subtige, William Roobrouck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/620097_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine, Damien Hirst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1727973_1_grid.jpg)
The Currency : Assiette en porcelaine fine de Chine
Damien Hirst
Design - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Design - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$577
![Design, Child, Reinaldo Chavez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1485153_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ice Caps, Dimitar Solakov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1223673_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Voices from the park, Beatriz Oggero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175197_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, The Syndicate, Stefan Thelen / Super A](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/679914_1_grid.jpg)
The Syndicate
Stefan Thelen / Super A
Design - 80.3 x 63 x 5 cm Design - 31.6 x 24.8 x 2 inch
$1,131
![Design, Skull (after), Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725468_1_grid.jpg)
Skull (after)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm Design - 31.7 x 8.1 x 0.5 inch
$635
![Design, Propagé, Shen Yongji](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203124_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ashtray for Museo Tamayo Exhibition, David Hockney](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180452_1_grid.jpg)
Ashtray for Museo Tamayo Exhibition
David Hockney
Design - 8.5 x 13 x 3 cm Design - 3.3 x 5.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,154
![Design, Décalcomanie, 1966, René Magritte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147169_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Pillow case 9, Nevelin Ivanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166124_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Kala, Julien Durix](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144168_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, A la Kandinsky #2, Mixed Media on MDF Panel, Selene Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1771164_1_grid.jpg)
A la Kandinsky #2, Mixed Media on MDF Panel
Selene Art
Design - 49.8 x 149.9 x 1 cm Design - 19.6 x 59 x 0.4 inch
$1,025
![Design, Tapis carrés magiques – Sonia Delaunay x Artcurial, Sonia Delaunay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138306_1_grid.jpg)
Tapis carrés magiques – Sonia Delaunay x Artcurial
Sonia Delaunay
Design - 293 x 180 x 2 cm Design - 115.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$12,697
![Design, Bird of Paridise, Donald Munson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818504_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Les chevaux de mes rêves galopent ... (métal), Albena Vatcheva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554759_1_grid.jpg)
Les chevaux de mes rêves galopent ... (métal)
Albena Vatcheva
Design - 76 x 76 x 0.16 cm Design - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
$981
![Design, Bamboo Chair, Tejo Remy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507383_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Untitled (No Selfie Zone...), Rero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147290_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Avec qui mettre son âme à table ?, Miss.Tic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2112174_1_grid.jpg)
Avec qui mettre son âme à table ?
Miss.Tic
Design - 30 x 100 x 100 cm Design - 11.8 x 39.4 x 39.4 inch
$5,425
![Design, Pivellina Table Lamp, Gio Ponti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2087730_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Large Vase, Georgi Velikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1339467_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Canapé deux places, Vincent Lamouroux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529589_1_grid.jpg)
Canapé deux places
Vincent Lamouroux
Design - 76.6 x 140.4 x 59.4 cm Design - 30.2 x 55.3 x 23.4 inch
$6,580
![Design, Twiggy, Raf Urban](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150506_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Vase kiss me everywhere 2, Lea Novaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118039_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Torah Book, Yaacov Agam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992048_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED, Potchi Moopp](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/477586_1_grid.jpg)
SHIITAKE SPROUTS : MINIATURE MAGIC UNVEILED
Potchi Moopp
Design - 50 x 50 x 50 cm Design - 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
$6,926
![Design, Broken Mirror White, Daniel Arsham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180119_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Sculpture spraycan résine en caisse en bois, Julien Soone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148954_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture spraycan résine en caisse en bois
Julien Soone
Design - 40 x 14 x 14 cm Design - 15.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 inch
$1,154
![Design, Sculpture lumineuse A104, Maryam Hatami](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1754562_1_grid.jpg)
Sculpture lumineuse A104
Maryam Hatami
Design - 40 x 36 x 15 cm Design - 15.7 x 14.2 x 5.9 inch
$1,731
![Design, Mirage Table, Sophia Taillet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1529604_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Dawn A1, Antoaneta Quick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763031_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Chair Azad-IV, Dominique Prévots](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1377960_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Rare, Atistic Large size Galaxy Vase, Miloslava Svobodova-Wyckmans](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198553_1_grid.jpg)
Rare, Atistic Large size Galaxy Vase
Miloslava Svobodova-Wyckmans
Design - 39 x 11 x 11 cm Design - 15.4 x 4.3 x 4.3 inch
$981 $883
![Design, Vase soliflore Bacchus, Daum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155705_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Fanfare, Jean Lurçat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160975_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Mosaïque de Velours (Velvet Mosaics), Gfeller + Hellsgård](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1792293_1_grid.jpg)
Mosaïque de Velours (Velvet Mosaics)
Gfeller + Hellsgård
Design - 400 x 300 x 2 cm Design - 157.5 x 118.1 x 0.8 inch
$25,972
Discover the selection of our experts
Design
Design within the confines of art history is a creative activity or object, most frequently with an industrial or commercial undertone. Objects made under the heading of design are often a reflection of social, political, scientific, and environmental causes. Design has been used as a means to solve problems, as a fundamental objective behind the medium is to create new possibilities or to improve a process. These objects typically are immersive, including an element of interaction between the user and the material itself. At the crux of it all, creators have turned to design as a means to improve the quality of life for humankind. Design is also multidisciplinarity to its core and has been nourished by the arts for centuries.
Design has evidently evolved since its conception. Highly influenced by societal issues and politics, as well as parallel art movements, design objects reflect the period from which they were made. Although similar, it is important to distinguish the difference between design and Decorative Arts, a 19th-century movement known for the creation of art objects. In the century that followed, art and design were undeniably affected by global turmoil and politics, impacting artists universally, resulting in the birth of an array of art movements.
The 20th-century was a period of tremendous artistic upheaval. Design, art, performance, and theater were all tremendously impacted by the two world wars and the Cold War. On top of this, society was rapidly evolving, with rising social and political movements, such as voting rights and women's suffrage. As the world continued to change and progress, so did the world of art. Design belonged to many, if not all, of the major art movements of the 20th-century; including, Art Nouveau, Modernism, Surrealism, Art Deco, Bauhaus, and Postmodernism.
Design continued to evolve into the 21st century, paving the way for contemporary design. There are various misconceptions when it comes to contemporary design. Typically, confusion comes into place when the lines are blurred between the terms “design" and “style." Many use these words interchangeably, but it is important to note the distinguishing factors. Style is part of the design process. Once you have designed the functionality of the piece you are part of the way to the final design. Beyond this, creators will often ponder the definition of design in the 21st century. Designers and artists have drawn upon various 20th-century movements, such as Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Minimalism, and even, Holywood Regenycy.
Some people oppose the idea that design objects can be considered works of art. However, the borders are porous as some of them emphasize artistic features and are singular and unique. Like artists, designers imagine their pieces as personal creations or are released in limited quantities. Their works are often a means to express their visions of the world. It is important to note that collaborations between artists and designers reinforce the links between these two universes, animated by the same search for beauty. Discover a carefully chosen selection of design objects that span an array of movements, from the past to the present!